Wall paper



'Patented duly lfl, 1923. r K l .y

narran stares .Parana carica.

WILLIAM A. LORENZ, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, AssreNoRLTeTnn OTAKA ranma COMPANY, or HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATIONoreCoNNncTIeUT l Meiner WALL PAPER.

Application led January e, 1921. Serial No. 434,940.

To all' whom 'it may conc-em.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. LORENZ,

A a'citizen of the United States, residingin Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lfV-all Paper, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relatesto crinkled paper and more particularly to the class of wallpapers, and one of its mam objects 1s to produce a paper of this class havlng an improved appearance and a greater attractiveness than previous wall-papers, and also `-to overcome the difficulty of mismatching of designs of adjoining strips as they are placed on the wall. This mismatching 1s `sometimes due to atmospheric conditions, or to unequal expansion of the paper froml the moisture of the paste.

According to the present improvements the paper is crinkled or corrugated in transverse lines so that it is stretchable lony gitudinally, and hence.any designs printed or embossed upon the strips of paper may be made to match one another accurately, by stretching the paper more or less as it is bein applied to the wall. The defects in mate ing, due to imperfections of printing of. the paper 0r to uneven expansion thereof b d-ampness, are thus readily Overcome he crinkling of the paper also softens its appearence, or tends to avoid the harshness` and glaring effect of ordinary wallaper. i

Ot er features and advantages will hereinafter appear.

The accompanying drawing' represents two strips of the improved paper,.one of which has been pasted to the wall and the other of which is about to be pasted.

The wall-paper is transversely crinkled or finely corrugated as at 11, whereby it is gathered and hence m-ade stretchable longitudinally, and is also given an attractive soft appearance. The design of the paper may also, if desired, include parallel longitudinal stripes 12, each comprising a succession of raised or embossed parallel beadings or oblong figures 13, these being sep` arated by depressions 14, so that the paper is in effect corrugated in these stripes, and hence stretchable longitudinally. The crinkled paper may also be otherwisev embossed with figures and designs, and its use is not limited to wall coverings. The paper is also preferably provided with main printi ed designs 15, which in vthis instance are in-- tended to range horizontally along the wall. One strip 16 ofthe paper has been pasted on the wall 17 between a top molding 18 and a baseboard 19 and the second strip 20 is about to be applied to the wall. This second strip is shown purposely as mismatched with stri 16, the difference in the stretching of t e two strips beingoindicated byA the blank space between the ttom of strip 2O and the. baseboard 19. In order to make the two strips 16, 20 match perfectly, it

is only necessary t0 stretch the paper own until the ap at21 is lclosed up. This position may be maintained While the paper becomes adherent to the wall. In the first strip applied'to the wall may be stretched a little, andthe remaining strips may be stretched to correspond. Variationsmay be resorted to within the scope of the invention, and portions of the I claim: v

l. A longitudinally stretchable wall papractice,

improvements may be used without othgQgj-x. Having thus described my inventni,

per havin designs printed thereon and. ca-

pable of signs on One strip to match those onia'n'- adjoming strip, said paper being transing stretched to cause the Jdes versely crinkled or corrugated to permit" per havin designsprinted thereon and capable of` ing stretched to cause the designs on one strip to match those on an adjoining strip, said paper being trans.-

-the necessary stretching. 2. A longitudinally stretchahle wall paversely crinkled or corrugated to permitl the necessary stretching, and provided with embossed designs.

3. A longitudinally stretchable wall paper havin designs printed thereon and cap able of i being also eing stretched to cause the designs on one strip to match those on auf adjoining strip, said paper being transversely crinkled or corrugated 'to permit the necessary stretching, with embossed designs, said embossed designs having a stripe arran ement, to permit stretching of the aper a ong the stripes as well as along the d4 portions thereof.

l WILLI A. LORENZ.

Witnees:

LILLIAN M. TAYLOR, D. MAUDn,SMITH. L

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